Most of Glidden commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
0% of workers have no commute at all, next to 14% for Texas as a whole. Glidden has 95 jobs; 295 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Glidden B+; getting around on foot earns it D.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Glidden: the gist
A big share show a job far from home
50% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Glidden workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Glidden workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 295 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Glidden’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Glidden is better than 69% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Glidden’s grade up (2.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 16% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Glidden’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Glidden could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Glidden
About 50% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Time on the road from Glidden: about 38 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Glidden workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 503 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Glidden on a workday afternoon
On a workday 289 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 89 people come in from elsewhere.
About 870 people are in Glidden on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
23% of working residents work in Columbus
Where Glidden clocks in
23% of workers
19% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
67% of the jobs in Glidden make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Glidden, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 95. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Glidden’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Driving is how Glidden gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Glidden is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Glidden near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 503 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Glidden households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Glidden’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400, Glidden ranks 518th of 3,133 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Seis Lagos TX | 1,391 | $249K | 1.2% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Weston TX | 1,140 | $144K | 2.8% | 0.7% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Randolph AFB TX | 1,240 | $113K | 2.8% | 3.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 516 | Custer Township IL | 1,347 | $122K | 11.3% | 11.6% | 1% | B+ |
| 517 | Lincoln WI | 1,093 | $111K | 7.9% | 5.8% | 1% | B+ |
| 518 | Glidden TX | 1,071 | $99K | 2.4% | 0.0% | 2% | B+ |
| 519 | Palm Shores FL | 1,209 | $78K | 6.2% | 1.7% | <1% | B+ |
| 520 | Lake Mary Township MN | 1,185 | $103K | 3.7% | 0.0% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Glidden, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
23% of Glidden works in a bordering town
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Columbus. Darker towns draw more of Glidden’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Glidden: questions
What is the median household income in Glidden?
$99,276 (±$34,676) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Glidden?
2.4%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Glidden?
38 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Glidden work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (23%, 2 mi), Houston (19%, 72 mi), Weimar (2%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Glidden walkable?
Glidden is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Glidden without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Glidden, from the people who make the trip.
More of Glidden
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.